Guest guest Posted October 18, 2001 Report Share Posted October 18, 2001 Dawn, I do sympathise. I think being told you need to lose weight is one of the most irritating things! Don't they realise that if it was easy we would???? When I was first getting problems, my hands were getting sore and stiff, I mentioned this to my then pcp. He said, it's because you are overweight. I thought - how does that affect my fingers??? I can see it might make your knees worse, but your FINGERS??? And mostly we have put on weight because of pred. S9o don't think of being overweight as a character failing. It is not your fault. It is part of the problem, not the cause. You hang in there and think positively. Hopefully you will find a decent doctor, who listens to what you say and takes it seriously. They can't always do anything, but if they listen is helps a lot! Take care, love Liz __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2001 Report Share Posted October 18, 2001 Dawn, I do sympathise. I think being told you need to lose weight is one of the most irritating things! Don't they realise that if it was easy we would???? When I was first getting problems, my hands were getting sore and stiff, I mentioned this to my then pcp. He said, it's because you are overweight. I thought - how does that affect my fingers??? I can see it might make your knees worse, but your FINGERS??? And mostly we have put on weight because of pred. S9o don't think of being overweight as a character failing. It is not your fault. It is part of the problem, not the cause. You hang in there and think positively. Hopefully you will find a decent doctor, who listens to what you say and takes it seriously. They can't always do anything, but if they listen is helps a lot! Take care, love Liz __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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